Tagged: climate change

Featured image: Citizen scientist scuba divers shed light on the impact of warming oceans on marine life

Citizen scientist scuba divers shed light on the impact of warming oceans on marine life - Guest Work

Guest Work • Apr 02, 2018 •

Madeleine De Gabriele, The Conversation This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Rising ocean temperatures may result in worldwide change for shallow reef ecosystems, according to research published yesterday in Science Advances. The study, based on thousands of surveys carried out by volunteer scuba divers, gives new insights into the … Read More

Featured image: The revolution that wasn’t: African tools push back the origins of human technological innovation

The revolution that wasn’t: African tools push back the origins of human technological innovation - Guest Work

Guest Work • Mar 22, 2018 •

Patrick Randolph-Quinney, University of Central Lancashire and Anthony Sinclair, University of Liverpool This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Just 20 years ago, many archaeologists believed there was a “human revolution” 40,000-50,000 years ago during which modern behaviours such as symbolism, innovation and art suddenly arose. This was thought … Read More

Featured image: Future tense: how the language you speak influences your willingness to take climate action

Future tense: how the language you speak influences your willingness to take climate action - Guest Work

Guest Work • Mar 12, 2018 •

Astghik Mavisakalyan, Curtin University; Clas Weber, University of Western Australia, and Yashar Tarverdi, Curtin University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Does the language we speak influence how much we care about the environment? Our new research suggests that the answer is yes. Speakers of … Read More

Featured image: Why New Zealand should not explore for more natural gas reserves

Why New Zealand should not explore for more natural gas reserves - Guest Work

Guest Work • Feb 28, 2018 •

Ralph Sims, Massey University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. New Zealand’s new coalition government has committed to introducing zero-carbon legislation that would set the country on a course to be carbon neutral by 2050. At the same time, it is not ruling out new permits for coal … Read More

Featured image: Common products, like perfume, paint and printer ink, are polluting the atmosphere

Common products, like perfume, paint and printer ink, are polluting the atmosphere - Guest Work

Guest Work • Feb 19, 2018 •

Jenny Fisher, University of Wollongong and Kathryn Emmerson, CSIRO This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Picture the causes of air pollution in a major city and you are likely to visualise pollutants spewing out of cars, trucks and buses. For some types of air pollutants, however, transportation is … Read More

Featured image: Delivering packages with drones might be good for the environment

Delivering packages with drones might be good for the environment - Guest Work

Guest Work • Feb 16, 2018 •

Constantine Samaras, Carnegie Mellon University and Joshuah Stolaroff, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. There are more than 1 million drones registered in the U.S. Most of them belong to people flying them for fun, but a growing number are used commercially. Companies … Read More

Featured image: Why climate change is worsening public health problems

Why climate change is worsening public health problems - Guest Work

Guest Work • Feb 01, 2018 •

Chelsey Kivland, Dartmouth College and Anne Sosin, Dartmouth College This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Around the world, the health care debate often revolves around access. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, recently announced: “All roads lead to universal health coverage.” Discussions for how … Read More

Featured image: Why remote Antarctica is so important in a warming world

Why remote Antarctica is so important in a warming world - Guest Work

Guest Work • Dec 07, 2017 •

Chris Fogwill, Keele University; Chris Turney, UNSW, and Zoe Robinson, Keele University Ever since the ancient Greeks speculated a continent must exist in the south polar regions to balance those in the north, Antarctica has been popularly described as remote and extreme. Over the past two centuries, these factors have combined to create, … Read More

Featured image: A fresh start for climate change mitigation in New Zealand

A fresh start for climate change mitigation in New Zealand - Guest Work

Guest Work • Dec 01, 2017 •

By Robert McLachlan, Massey University.  The election of the sixth Labour-led government heralds a new direction for climate change policy in New Zealand. As part of the new government’s 100-day priority plan, it pledged to set a target of carbon neutrality by 2050 and to establish the mechanisms to phase out fossil fuels. In doing so, New … Read More